How do you write this measure word in Cantonese?

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2014-03-01 8:31 pm

There is an idiom in Cantonese pronounced yut guhw won, literally in English one block/piece of cloud. How do you write "guhw" in Chinese?

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Also, just to make sure, what does it mean?

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I thought it was a fairly common idiom but I can't find it anywhere on Google

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用戶21264

2014-03-01 11:51 pm

✔ 最佳答案

“guhw" = 舊
yut guhw won = 一舊雲

OK so im gonna explain more.
舊in this case means a "piece" of something. It is a measurement of anything in a shape of a ball or a handful size of an object . This phrase also means someone is an idiot who does not know what is happening or failed to be involved in the situation.
For example a student was day-dreaming during class and failed to answer a teacher's question, he can be described as being "一舊雲“ for not knowing what has happened in class.
And yes it is a fairly common phrase. Google is being a piece of cloud I guess lol.

參考: Cantonese is my first language :)

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